After returning to the hat alley, the old lady called Qingdai to Rong Xilou.

"Come, Qingdai come to sit on the kang, grandmother has a few words to ask you."

Qing Dai took off her shoes and got on the kang, knelt behind the old lady, and put her little hand on the old lady's shoulder, and helped the old man pinch her shoulder, "Grandmother, you say, granddaughter listen." The old lady pulled down Qingdai's little hand, put it in her palm and patted it gently, "Lou knows that you have filial piety, so don't be busy today, just sit down and talk to your grandmother." Qingdai was puzzled, and sat opposite the old lady according to her words, "Grandmother, what's the matter?" ”

The old lady stroked Qingdai's cheeks, and the sunlight was sprinkled into the room, her fair face was like a warm and delicate mutton fat jade, and her increasingly bright eyebrows and eyes were not as bright as Wan Niang's, but they were better than the aura, and the gentle and pure smile was like a budding white camellia.

The old lady said with a smile: "You will be twelve in the New Year, big girl, it's time to find you a mother-in-law." Qing Dai Jiāo said angrily: "Grandmother, my granddaughter is still young, it's not too late to accompany you for another two years!" Although he shouted on his lips, he was sweating in his heart, although he was mentally prepared, but he was only eleven after his first birthday, so he was going to set his mother-in-law's family?

"Don't be shy, it's not something to be ashamed of. Who said that you should marry now, but I want to order you a family affair first, the old lady mō mō Qingdai's head, "What do you think of Cousin Wang Jiatao?" ”

Qingdai also struggled with Wang Tao's identity, but since she went to Tanzhe Temple that day, she wanted to open it, and it was better to marry her little cousin than to find someone who didn't know the roots. Looking at the old lady's frosty white hair, and her eyes, which were always filled with Yin Yin and loving eyes, Qing Dai nodded, "Granddaughter, but it is up to grandmother to decide." ”

"Silly boy, grandmother won't force you, she just wants to ask you what you mean, if you don't want to, grandmother will go back to this family business." The old lady sighed, "You and Wang Tao are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, I was afraid that you were still young, and your heart was uncertain, even if your grandmother mentioned this family matter, grandmother did not dare to agree, I am afraid that you will repeat your mother's mistakes, and now you are getting older, this year, I think Wang Tao's child is a heart, treat you differently, so today your aunt knocked on the side to mention the marriage, I did not object. ”

"Mother's mistake?" Once upon a time, Qing Dai faced Shangguan Li's indifferent eyes, sitting next to her family as if she was watching the joy of other people's homes with cold eyes: she had also guessed the past, and she regretted it for her mother, but in the end she was indifferent, and she also adapted to the life of no father and no mother's love, but she didn't want her grandmother to mention it herself.

The old lady looked out the window and leisurely said the past events of the year, "This matter is ...... to say" It turned out that when her grandfather Shangguan Rong went to Beijing to take the exam, Qingdai's great-grandfather Shangguan Qi had set a family affair with the Feng family, who was born in business, just because the master of the Feng family saved his life.

When he didn't want to return from Shangguan Rong's gold list, he had already married Han Yufeng, the niece of Chang Xingbo, who was the matchmaker of his teacher, and Shangguan Rong had a deep relationship with Han, and he would never accept concubines at the feast. Shangguan prayed that he was defeated by the Feng family, so he asked Shangguan Rong to agree that if he had a son in the future, he would marry the Feng family's daughter. Han Yufeng had a grudge against the Feng family, and after his father-in-law died, he had the intention of letting his son marry the daughter of the Wang family, so he delayed his son's marriage again and again.

Shangguan Rong was trustworthy, and finally let his son Shangguan Hong marry Feng Yurong as his wife. After marriage, the two were like glue.

But the Han family did not have a good impression of the Feng family because of the early years, so he did not treat the Feng family well. So, when Shangguan Hong's niece Liu Hanyan gave Shangguan Hong as a concubine, the Han family immediately agreed.

Shangguan Hong knew the youngest daughter of the Wang family Wanniang when she was a teenager, and as she grew older, Wang Wanniang had a deep affection for Shangguan Hong, but Shangguan Hong has always regarded Wang Wanniang as a sister. After Shangguan Hong got married, Wang Wanniang often found excuses to be guests at Wang's house, just to secretly meet Shangguan Hong. She never married for Shangguan Hong, until she was nineteen years old, when Feng died, and Wang Wanniang begged her father to marry Shangguan Hong. Wang Wanniang was very favored at home, and Mrs. Wang couldn't bear her plea, so she went to discuss with Han. The Han family was naturally happy, and felt sorry for Wanniang's age for Shangguan Hong, so she decided to make this family business.

Who knew that Shangguan Hong was temporarily unwilling to marry under the pretext of missing his deceased wife, and Han was very angry when he heard it, and set a marriage date on his own initiative. Although Shangguan Hong married Wang Wanniang due to his mother's order, he didn't want to see her at first because his mother forced her. However, Wang Wanniang was born very well, and later learned of her affection, Shangguan Hong was also a little tempted. The two of them had a better time together. It's just that Wang Wanniang was raised by Jiāo, and she was fierce and domineering, and she didn't like to see Liu and her children. Shangguan Hong was annoyed in the end and gradually distanced herself from her, and at this time, Wanniang became pregnant.

"When your mother was pregnant with you, your father was released. Your mother stayed in Wuzhou because she had a body, and your father didn't rush back until a month before you were born. Your mother had a difficult birth when she gave birth to you, and she went less than a month after you were born...... A year later, your father married Feng Yerong, a sister-in-law who resembled the Feng family. …

Qing Dai said suspiciously: "Madame is Shu Bin"

The old lady nodded and said, "You have also grown up, rather than letting you hear from others and guess randomly, it is better for me to tell you everything." Feng Yerong was originally the daughter of the concubine, who had been raised in the temple, and was later accepted as a concubine by Mrs. Feng. At first, I didn't agree to the marriage, but the old lady of the Feng family asked for permission before his death, and I agreed to it on the old relationship. ”

After hearing all this, Qing Dai sneered in her heart, most of the reasons for the breakdown of the relationship between her mother and her cheap father came from Liu Hanyan, so she didn't believe that Liu Hanyan, who had a fairy face that was out of the ordinary, was innocent? As for Feng Yerong, less than a year after her mother's death, she entered the door of Shangguan's house pregnant, but she was afraid that her identity as a concubine would only be obtained after knowing Shangguan Hong. In the final analysis, these things are not all the fault of the scumbag!

For a moment, Qing Dai felt a little angry.

Angry Shangguan Hong seems to be amorous, but in fact he is conceited and ruthless. With the Feng family, who is as deep as the sea, why did he accept the Liu family? I miss my deceased wife, but I marry my mother with filial piety? Less than a year after his mother's death, he hooked up with his sister-in-law and married his son? It's hateful and annoying!

is even more angry that his own mother is affectionate and wrong, who is not good, who is fù husband, and almost does not marry for life! In the end, all affection is like a dream! She's dead, and there's a new person coming in the door, it's really pathetic!

The old lady looked at Qingdai guiltily, "Your father has your father, I was too insistent at the beginning." Otherwise..."

Qingdai was silent for a long time before she slowly spoke: "I won't pursue the rights and wrongs of the year, those are not important anymore, anyway, my mother can't come back, maybe she has been reincarnated at this time, I hope she will not be obsessed in this life, and meet someone who really knows how to cherish her."

The calmer Qingdai was, the more uncomfortable and distressed the old lady became. She sighed vigorously, hugged Qingdai with pity, and the old hand stroked her back, "Grandmother is old, and there are some things that I can't take care of, but it's still okay to protect you." Over the years, Brother Tao is down-to-earth, and he treats you sincerely, and the Wang family feels even more sorry for you, and I want you to marry in the past, as long as you are willing, when you are busy with your second sister's marriage, your grandmother will go to discuss with your grandmother and settle this matter. Grandmother wants to be able to watch you marry in style, and she has fulfilled my biggest wish. ”

Qing Dai hugged the old lady's waist and lay in her arms, "1 little cousin tǐng is good, it has always hurt me." Also, your old man will definitely live a long life, and he will definitely be able to watch me marry ..............."

On the seventh day of the twelfth month, Qinglian and Xuan. 1 Xiao Feng's meaning is not to make a big deal, but Liu's soft words pleaded, Shangguan Hong still promised to give Qinglian a decent gift, and gave Qinglian a piece of jade with the best water head as a gift. Qinglian was so unhappy, Qingwei had a lot of complaints, and she chatted with Qingdai a lot. Qingdai had no feelings for Shangguan Hong, and since she had a deep conversation with the old lady that day, she didn't like it, so she didn't care about which of his beloved children the scumbag father loved to give to her, and casually comforted Qingwei a few words and then diverted the topic.

After the New Year, it was the thirteenth year of Wude. On the 25th birthday of the Empress Dowager in the first month, the 15th Lantern Festival, the emperor specially built several large ice lanterns in the Tingfang Garden, and the Lantern Festival was open day and night, attracting the four directions to watch.

Qi Zhen had already asked the three sisters of the Shangguan family and Tinglan to go to Tingfang Garden to watch the lanterns. On the fifteenth, after lunch, the juniors of the Shangguan family all went to Tingfangyuan.

When they arrived at the place, Qingdai and Qingwei waited for Qi Zhen, so they made an appointment with Shangguan Xi, and when they arrived, they met at Jinghu. Shangguan Xi, Ding said two sentences, and led the others into the garden.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Qi Zhen and Tinglan came. As soon as Qingwei saw Tinglan Qizhen meet, she asked Qingdai for credit: "My sister-in-law and brother are also here, but I told them, follow you." I was afraid that Qingwei would miss Tinglan, so I pulled her to join us. ”

Qing Dai said hello to Tinglan and said to Qi Zhen: "I also told my eldest brother that I would go to Jinghu to meet later." Your brother is relieved of you! ”

"They all know about my spicy xìng, and they are very relieved." Qi Zhen pulled Qingdai to the gate, "If you want to go to see Brother Shangguan, don't worry." I can inquire clearly, the ice lanterns are placed around the mirror lake, and they are scattered towards the shore. The 12 closest to the Mirror Lake are the Zodiac Lanterns. There are birds and beasts, mythical immortals, mountains and rivers, 38 ice lanterns, and a total of 50 in size. It's just a little place, you're still afraid of getting lost with your eldest brother, go over and talk to them later, let's play by ourselves. ”

The four of them didn't walk a few steps away, and they heard someone calling Qingdai's name from afar, and everyone looked back and saw that it was Wang Tao and Wang Ruan. Qi Zhen chuckled and said, "No, the envoy is here." Your eldest brother will allow us to play together.

Qing Dai glanced at Qi Zhen angrily, and stepped forward to salute the Wang Tao brothers. The group went to Mirror Lake.